Synonyms for poll

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : pohl

Phonetic Transcription : poʊl

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Définition of poll

Origin : "head," early 14c., polle "hair of the head; piece of fur from the head of an animal," also "head," from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch pol "head, top." Sense extended early 14c. to "person, individual." Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1620s, from notion of "counting heads;" meaning "survey of public opinion" is first recorded 1902. Poll tax, literally "head tax," is from 1690s. Literal use in English tends toward the part of the head where the hair grows.

noun census; tally of answers to questions of opinion
verb take census; question

Example sentences :

Unaware of his funeral, Timmins himself stood scratching his poll.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

But somebody must have dealt you some hearty thwacks on the poll, my boy.
Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

The first time I ever see that boy,' said Poll, 'I charged him too much for a red-poll.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

When a politician reached the top of the poll he got £400 a year.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 » by Various

"It is as unfair to brand women with chastity as with unchastity," said Poll.
Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf

The money was still refused, and it was ordered that a poll of the town should be taken.
Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

But you can't stop Zuba talkin' any more than you can a poll parrot.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

And how did the—er—professin' poll parrot act about your payin' it back?
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Now, my Aunt Jane's poll parrot, I ask you, why under the sun should she?
Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill

Have you been properly introduced to Sally's Aunt Jane's poll parrot?
Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill

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